#EFE79D#EFE79D

#EFE79D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.094 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE79D
RGB	rgb(239, 231, 157)
HSL	hsl(54, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(54, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 34.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.75, -8.05, 37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.75, 37.92, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(91.75% -0.0208 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(91.75% 0.094 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.2592, 77.9385, 43.2343)
Luminance	0.7794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE79D #9DA5EF

analogous

#EFBE9D #EFE79D #CEEF9D

triadic

#EFE79D #9DEFE7 #E79DEF

tetradic

#EFE79D #9DEFBE #9DA5EF #EF9DCE

square

#EFE79D #9DEFBE #9DA5EF #EF9DCE

split-complementary

#EFE79D #9DCEEF #BE9DEF

monochromatic

#DECD34 #E6DA68 #EFE79D #F8F4D2 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#EFE79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE79D

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE79D	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E6A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 231, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.094 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eeba',
    500: '#efe79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe79d;
$custom-light: #f5eeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.146,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91746,
    "c": 0.09403,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE79D

secondary

#646ECC

accent

#24D412

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE79D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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